He was very good at … the kind of campaigning New Hampshire responds to - which is very town hall, not hiding from any question, taking all comers, sort of enjoying the carnival-like atmosphere.” “And he just kind of clawed his way back into it. One event was in somebody's garage in New Hampshire, you know, and we did VFW halls and American Legions and places where he was liable to find some support.” longtime McCain aide MARK SALTER told us. The campaign parked in New Hampshire and stopped running like a frontrunner. We’re getting out of Iowa.’”Īnd they did. … ‘We are completely resetting the campaign. “Honestly, I would have given you 50/50 that he was going to drop out ,” says McCain’s then-campaign manager, RICK DAVIS. When he got back to campaign HQ, they decided to start slimming down instead of shutting down, and fired 100 people over 10 days in the middle of July. One aide described it as a “fuel for the entire campaign.” LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-S.C.), and came back with a renewed sense of purpose, according to former McCain aides. Over July 4 of that year, McCain visited Iraq with his bestie, Sen. ![]() But in spring and summer 2007, his campaign was burning through more money than it was raising. McCain walked into the primary as an establishment favorite. JOHN McCAIN’s 2008 campaign was almost among them. SCOTT WALKER, JEB BUSH and RICK PERRY - the list goes on and on. WHAT A RESET REQUIRES - The political graveyard is littered with the bones of campaigns that began with huge war chests, lots of fanfare and a coronation narrative - and instead belly-flopped their way into also-ran status. The metaverse may be virtual, but the impact will be real.Įxplore more possibilities with the metaverse. As a result, students will not only learn their history lessons - they’ll experience them. Students learning about prehistoric eras will use virtual reality to take field trips to the Ice Age and visit the woolly mammoths. What is the much-touted DeSantis “reset” truly resetting?įield trips in the metaverse will take learning beyond the textbook. What, exactly, is the strategy here? Is it meaningfully different from the one that brought them to this point? Trump aide JASON MILLER : “For the official office of the Governor, and (what's left of) Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign to attempt to smear Congressman Donalds like this is a disgrace … Ron DeSantis needs to look in the mirror and recognize that at his current trajectory, it's not just 2024 that is dead for him, but 2028 as well.”ĭoes the DeSantis camp think that either one of these fights bodes well for their campaign? Does it bring them closer to winning the voters they need? Anyone who can't accurately interpret what I said is disingenuous and is desperately attempting to score political points.” Said Donalds: “he attempt to feature the personal benefits of slavery is wrong & needs to be adjusted.”Ĭue DeSantis spox JEREMY REDFERN: “upposed conservatives in the federal government are pushing the same false narrative that originated from the Not to be outdone, DeSantis aide CHRISTINA PUSHAW compared Donalds to VP KAMALA HARRIS.ĭonalds : “What’s crazy to me is I expressed support for the vast majority of the new African American history standards and happened to oppose one sentence that seemed to dignify the skills gained by slaves as a result of their enslavement. BYRON DONALDS (R-Fla.), a Trump endorser and the sole Black Republican in the state’s congressional delegation, after he mildly criticized Florida’s widely panned new teaching standards on slavery. "When I am President, I will only consider Pro-Life Americans to lead the FDA, CDC, or HHS,” Pence said. DeSantis knew that the whole point of saying it was to “own the libs.” But it also left the soft belly of his campaign exposed on the right.įormer VP MIKE PENCE was quick to spot the opportunity with an attack aimed to appeal to the Christian conservative voters whose support DeSantis desperately needs. It was a statement bound to get media attention. KENNEDY JR., noted vaccine conspiracy theorist, to lead the FDA or CDC. 1: DeSantis said that if elected president, he might pick ROBERT F. What, then, to make of the fights RON DeSANTIS’ campaign has decided to pick?Ĭonsider two examples over the last 24 hours: the GOP field on immigration, or JOE BIDEN homing in on electability in the 2020 primary. Think BARACK OBAMA hammering HILLARY CLINTON over the war in Iraq ahead of 2008, or DONALD TRUMP vs. THE RESET TO NOWHERE - A big part of running a successful campaign is knowing which fights are worth picking - and then waging them successfully. ![]() | Charlie Neibergall, File/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY Kennedy Jr., noted vaccine conspiracy theorist, to lead the FDA or CDC. Ron DeSantis said that if elected president, he might pick Robert F.
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